As you walk in you're greeted by the hostess at a small podium and seated pretty quickly unless it is during peak times and on the weekend.  Of the times I have visited, my party and I have never had a wait longer than 5 minutes, and that’s just typically for them to clean and set the table.  During most of my visits I have been served by Anthony, who is an awesome and personable server.  He is very attentive, polite and always willing to lend a suggestion on what to order.  We tried his suggestion of the oysters roasted with BBQ butter.  These were a cool twist on traditional raw oysters.  It was sweet, tangy, and full of flavor...it’s a definite favorite.  Whenever I have an oyster craving, I have to come to Hammocks.  Everyday they have half off on a dozen of raw oysters on the half shell from 4 pm to 6 pm… priced at about $8.50 a dozen during that time.  Less than $10 for a dozen oysters, you just can’t beat that!

My favorite dish thus far has been their Cioppino, which is an Italian-American seafood stew that originated in San Francisco consisting of a tomato and white wine based soup.  Hammock’s Cioppino dish is amazing!  The bowl is full of scallops, mussels, clams, fish, and squid.  It also comes with two slices of a toasted baguette drizzled in a creamy sauce that compliments the soup.  Each mouthful of the seafood and baguette dipped in the stew made me continue to want more and more.   

Another dish that I love to order is the baked salmon.  It is steamed with grilled onions, potatoes, dill and butter.  The salmon is cooked perfectly medium and has a soft, moist and buttery mouth-feel. It is a very close second to their Cioppino.The staff is friendly and laid back, the food is full of flavor and very reasonably priced, and the atmosphere makes you feel like you’re at the end of a pier on the beach coast.

Hammock’s Trading Company gets a 6 diamond rating out of 7… thanks for the continued hospitality!

Science Fact:

What's New and Beneficial about Salmon

With so much focus on the amazing omega-3 benefits of salmon, other unique health benefits from salmon may have been inadvertently overlooked. One fascinating new area of health benefits involves the protein and amino acid content of salmon. Several recent studies have found that salmon contains small bioactive protein molecules (called bioactive peptides) that may provide special support for joint cartilage, insulin effectiveness, and control of inflammation in the digestive tract. One particular bioactive peptide called calcitonin (sCT) has been of special interest in these studies. The reason is because a human form of calcitonin is made by the thyroid gland, and we know that it is a key hormone for helping regulate and stabilize the balance of collagen and minerals in the bone and surrounding tissue. As researchers learn more and more about salmon peptides—including sCT—we expect to see more and more potential health benefits discovered related to inflammation, including inflammation of the joints.

Source: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=104